I'm new to Datastores please can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

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#1

when I load my player when trying to retrieve the data, I do not get an error or a success.
on the other hand, the saving does work but randomly.

local DataService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore = DataService:GetDataStore("Doesnotd Matterrigh now")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	
	local RetrieveData
	
	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()

	end)
	if success then
		if RetrieveData then
			player:WaitForChild("leaderstats").Days.Value = DataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId,player.leaderstats.Days.Value)
			print("Retrived")

		else

		end
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	print(player," Has Left")
	local days = player.leaderstats.Days.Value

	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		DataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId,days)

	end)
	if success then
		print("All Saved")
	else
		print(errorMessage)
	end
end)
#2

Confused. You just dumped a whole script into a thread and asked people to tell you what you’re doing wrong. What’s wrong in the first place then? You appear to have an issue with the code you’re using but you haven’t specified any kind of details.

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#3

You’re doing nothing inside the pcalled function, were you meaning to define RetrieveData inside here as your GetAsync? RetrieveData stays nil so it can never be loaded.

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#5

oops I accidentally deleted the description .

#6

try this

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	
	local success, retrievedData = pcall(function()
            return DataStore:GetAsync(tostring(player.UserId))
	end)

	if RetrieveData then
	    player:WaitForChild("leaderstats"):WaitForChild("Days").Value = retrievedData
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	local days = player.leaderstats.Days.Value

	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
	    DataStore:SetAsync(tostring(player.UserId), days)
	end)

	if success then
	    print("Player Saved")
	else
	    print(errorMessage)
	end
end)